Workshop

– If you answered “yes” or “maybe” to the above question, please click this link. I returned home to my monastery last week, and boy was I in for quite a shock – the monastery moved without telling you?; changed all the locks?; turned out the lights and pretended no one was home? I only …read in detail

I decided to take last week off; Holy Week was a busy one and I needed a little rest – he didn’t go to Cozumel, no really he didn’t. But I am back this week talking obliquely about a project I started in my shop. Its a little hush-hush because I am participating in a …read in detail

My shop is an outbuilding constructed from cinder blocks. I suppose it has advantages, but a big disadvantage is that whenever you want to attach something to the wall it is difficult and time consuming. Over the last several weeks I have bought and built a significant amount of new clamps, and leaving them in …read in detail

… Safe, dance! (Safety Dance, Men Without Hats) What can I say? I’m a child of the 80s. Perhaps my woodworking videos have not yet garnered enough attention, but I haven’t been inundated with comments on safety. I’m pretty sure its not because I follow all the safety procedures! I sometimes forget my safety glasses …read in detail

A few years ago, one of my brother-monks asked me if I was willing to make a tool rack for him. It was a simple enough request. He is the monastery gardener, and so he has some hoes, a few shovels, a pick or two, rakes, and a variety of odds and ends. I knew …read in detail

My Get Woodworking Week 2014 video garnered a lot of positive response. And it is looking to be one of my more popular posts to-date, garnering nearly 100 new YouTube subscribers in just 3 days! THANK YOU! It was aided by Tom Iovino’s link on his Tuesday post for Get Woodworking, as well as the …read in detail